How’s that for acronyms? To help you decipher, YAM is the name of the young adult group at our church. It stands for Young Adult Ministries. I know, I know — very creative. =) YAR stands for Young Adult Reatreat. So what I’m trying to say is that our young adult group went on a retreat this past weekend. A family from our church graciously donated their HUGE cabin up in Fairplay for us to use. This thing was ginormous. Over 30 people went on the retreat and there was plenty of sleeping space for everyone, and even some bedrooms that went unused.
Being trapped in a cabin with 30+ YAMMERS for the weekend forced people to get up close and personal real fast. It was a blast though and I think most people could have easily stayed longer then the Friday through Sunday we were there. A great group of people attended and we made a lot of hilarious and fun memories. We spent our time eating, playing games, ”hiking” around the property which was covered in gorgeous fall yellow aspens, watching movies, karaoke-ing, playing poker and just socializing. Everyone meshed together so well. I know this is just the beginning of plenty of more fun times in the future. It’s so exciting to see how much the group has grown and changed, even during the short time that Mike and I have been a part of it.
Here are some pictures from the weekend:
Some of the ladies on a hike, plus Mike.
A small portion of the group.
Beautiful
Me with Jaime and Anna. Love these girls.
The girls liked taking pictures. =)
Dani's monkey in the tree. AKA Nick.
Sisterly love.
Ashley in a sister sandwich.
A preview of winter.
The Ja(i)m(i)e's and Austin.
Love.
Mike and Chad = Roomies
Jeff in a Mike sandwich.
The whole shebang (minus Greg and Emsie).
This is just a portion of the pictures. You can check out more that I posted on my facebook by clicking here. As you can see from the pics, the first annual YAR was a huge success! I had SOO much fun and I can’t wait for the next one!
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I’m so happy to see how you and Mike are finding an awesome community of friends and getting comfortable in a new social niche. I’m a tad jealous you’re making so many new (and wonderful) friends.
You guys all look so happy, and I can’t wait to see more pictures from the YAM fam… hahahah
What beautiful pictures of the Aspen trees!! It looks like you guys had a great time! I’m glad you’re making so many wonderful friends.
Alice, I’m happy you’re happy for us! Don’t be jealous, I still love and miss all my Cali girls. =) If you come back and visit I’ll even let you meet the YAM fam. hehe
Megan, aren’t they pretty?! I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many beautifully colored Aspens in one place! It felt like a fairy tale! Miss you! =)
[...] hurrah” for the young adults group, we took an impromtu trip to the cabin in Fairplay that I blogged about in September. We spent the last weekend in January there. The turnout was smaller then the first retreat but we [...]